Subject	depends
Posted by	LJZTT on October 30, 2014 at 10:01 PM
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In Reply To	Which Wilwood parts are the right ones for the rear? posted by BlitZ91TT on October 30, 2014 at 11:02 AM
Message	Since my particular Wilwood front calipers are very close to OEM total piston area, for my car I should choose one of their calipers that will be similarly close to OEM total piston area for the rear. Wilwood has a very wide selection of calipers, but I never bothered to search out the "matching" rear calipers because I have gotten outstanding performance out of my brakes with the current Wilwood front BBK and using Hawk Blue pads on OEM rears. If I were you, I would find out exactly which calipers you have up front, find out the total piston area from Wilwood, determine what ratio to OEM total piston area is, and then purchase your rear calipers with a piston area that will have the same or close to the same ratio....if that makes sense. Or if you prefer stop tech, do the same but in reverse. Find out the ratio between the ST rear calipers and OEM and see if ST has a front caliper that will be similarly sized. Total piston area is very crucial. The OEM system is set up/valved for a specific piston area front/rear matched to a specific size BMC. You can't just go picking out calipers and throwing them on the car thinking since they are stoptechs/wilwood/AP/brembo/etc that they will automatically be better. If the piston area front/rear relationship gets thrown out of wack, it wont matter how high quality the hardware is, the braking performance will be out of wack as well....likely worse than stock. "We pretended to work, and they pretended to pay us." --Mikhail Khodorkovsky "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." --Winston Churchill "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." --Benjamin Franklin "Government is not reason. It is not eloquent. It is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." "The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury." --George Washington END THE FED ....learn why, in 42 minutes Full Pardon for PFC Bradley Manning
Follow Ups	Thunderbolt HPDE Track day - Tons of pics and video - BlitZ91TT 17:06:58 10/28/14 Excellent Pics.... - vorpalZ 17:28:43 10/28/14 2nd - Dallas DamonZ 08:37:13 10/29/14 Great feedback... (n/m) - BlitZ91TT 20:28:17 10/29/14 3rd, and thanks for sharing the pics. Looks like a blast! (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 09:38:36 10/29/14 Yep. You'll appreciate that when YOU'RE the guy waiting for - cherry 10:53:21 10/29/14 I just want clear open track space, don't care how I get - LJZTT 19:41:44 10/29/14 agreed - Dallas DamonZ 08:19:09 10/30/14 Good pics. Looks like a good time - Boosted1 19:24:30 10/28/14 Re: Good pics. Looks like a good time - BlitZ91TT 21:25:44 10/28/14 brake system. - Jiro 19:29:37 10/28/14 Yes (n/m) - BlitZ91TT 20:18:04 10/28/14 Did you brake hard before that fade? (n/m) - ZiNnYc 01:40:32 10/29/14 Harry's input from Facebook - BlitZ91TT 15:58:11 10/29/14 Yeah, you may have been riding hot the entire time - ZiNnYc 20:08:47 10/29/14 shoulda gone Wilwood all around - LJZTT 23:13:14 10/29/14 Which Wilwood parts are the right ones for the rear? - BlitZ91TT 11:02:13 10/30/14 depends - LJZTT 22:01:17 10/30/14 Re: Thanks for your direction. - BlitZ91TT 15:01:55 10/31/14 Looks like a hellavatime! - fuzzymonkey 19:31:09 10/28/14 Motul 600 (n/m) - BlitZ91TT 20:19:54 10/28/14 odd that you had fade. pads glazed or fluid boiled? - evan_aggie 00:04:10 10/29/14 The only way i have found to get around it - Turbodog (CT) 06:22:38 10/29/14 I was at Lime Rock a few weeks ago - sparkie 11:13:48 10/29/14 Definitely, Limerock is tough due to the Db limit - Turbodog (CT) 11:50:24 10/29/14 The fluid boiled. The rear brakes were smoking right after. - BlitZ91TT 09:12:16 10/29/14 whens your next track event? (n/m) - toykoz32 09:44:44 10/29/14 Next track days would be in May and Oct. - BlitZ91TT 11:11:47 10/29/14 That is so odd. I used SB ATE and that has a lower wet - evan_aggie 10:49:28 10/29/14 old fluid? (n/m) - LJZTT 19:44:05 10/29/14 New fluid. Either brake bias or the pads was the issue. (n/m) - BlitZ91TT 20:10:07 10/29/14 probably both (n/m) - LJZTT 23:14:13 10/29/14 sweet pics! Looks like a really awesome track to drive - LJZTT 21:35:43 10/28/14 Totally agree that guy likes showing off - BlitZ91TT 09:07:51 10/29/14 Just an RB25 POS... Pity (n/m) - ZinnZ32 15:30:19 10/29/14 lol, what a tool (n/m) - LJZTT 19:37:17 10/29/14 Thanks for sharing! Wish we had a track like that here :( (n/m) - Stanky 00:08:02 10/29/14 Come to Edmonchuck... - vorpalZ 14:47:39 10/29/14 vid link - vorpalZ 15:09:06 10/29/14 see you next summer.. (n/m) - Stanky 19:28:06 10/29/14 its a nice track (n/m) - The Devils Z 06:31:10 10/29/14 Super nice track.. (n/m) - Turnerscasa (Dallas) 08:24:41 10/29/14 On the job training..Nice. Might want to use the Z32's - ttz'in (NorCal) 11:56:23 10/29/14 I'm usually at the nasa events, but missed this one. - rmp459 12:10:21 10/29/14 Re: I'm usually at the nasa events, but missed this one. - BlitZ91TT 12:58:46 10/29/14 i really enjoyed this post!..great pics..loved it (n/m) - turb0wed 12:18:13 10/29/14 Re: :) (n/m) - BlitZ91TT 20:26:04 10/29/14 i see purple where it shouldnt be in those pics. - Spectrum (WI) 21:21:15 10/29/14
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